Re: Preventing ACPI from Damaging Your CPU

2006-10-13 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Friday, 13 October 2006 06:56, Mathew Brown wrote: Thanks. But is 80C safe for a CPU? As I mentioned, 70C is considered dangerous for an Opteron chip. What type of temperatures can the Turions and the C2D support? I think HP would force the fan at lower temperatures if 80C were

Re: Preventing ACPI from Damaging Your CPU

2006-10-12 Thread Mathew Brown
Thanks for your reply Rafael. However, I was looking for a generic solution. I don't have an nx6325 but was thinking of purchasing a laptop and was afraid that ACPI could damage / overheat by CPUs. I think the link you provided is specific to the nx6325 unless I'm mistaken. Is there any

Re: Preventing ACPI from Damaging Your CPU

2006-10-12 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Thursday, 12 October 2006 18:51, Mathew Brown wrote: Thanks for your reply Rafael. However, I was looking for a generic solution. I don't have an nx6325 but was thinking of purchasing a laptop and was afraid that ACPI could damage / overheat by CPUs. I think the link you provided is

Re: Preventing ACPI from Damaging Your CPU

2006-10-12 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 07:26:00AM -0700, Mathew Brown wrote: I've been reading an alarming article on getting Gentoo to work on the HP Compaq nx6325 (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_on_HP_Compaq_nx6325) and the serious ACPI problems that were encountered. The author states

Re: Preventing ACPI from Damaging Your CPU

2006-10-12 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 09:41:15PM -0700, Mathew Brown wrote: Thanks Matthew. Just out of curiosity, how did you find out about this feature (forcing the fan at 80C)? Also, is this specific to HP or do other vendors also support this? Finally, is 80C safe for the CPU (Intel or AMD?)? I